Thompson accuses Patten of misleading MPs

Mark Thompson

Former director general Mark Thompson has accused BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten of “fundamentally misleading” MPs over corporation payoffs at a Commons select committee hearing.

Former DG on the attack over payoffs

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